Improvement in gates



W. TALLMANQ Gate.

No; 48,322. V Patented June 20, 1865.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM TALLMAl, on MANTENO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN I GATES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 48.322, dated J une 20,1865.

T0 au whom 1t m'ay conoem:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM TALLMAN, of Manteno, in the conntyofKankakee and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Gates; and I do hereby declare that the following isafull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable thoseskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference hein g had to theaompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure1 is an elevation of my gate, showing it when closed. Fig. 2 is anelevation showing it opened half-way. Fig. 3 is an eleration inperspective, showingit wide open.

Similar letters ot reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in s0 constructing and hanging a gate for aroadway or any other use as to dispense with hinges and enable one tooperate it with verylittle exertion, and which when opened wide Willstand at right angles to its position when closed.

A represents the gate. It is framed in any snitable manner, so as to belight and durable. In this example of my invention the frarne iscomposed of four narrow rails or boards secured near their ends tovertical bars et c, and another vertical bar, 1), is a ttached to theboards near the middle of their length. The bar a-is plaoed at the endsof the rails at the hinder part of the gate, and the bar 0 is plaoednear their other ends, but far enongh from their extremities to permittheir ends to projectz, when the gate 1s closed, between the posts G G.These posts are set firmly in the gronnd, opposite to each other, andfar enongh apart t0 permit the ends of the gate-rails to pass easilybetween them. They are connected to each other by pins, which serve tostiff'en them, whileone of the pins also answers for a keeper to thelatch E of the gate.

F is a roller, whieh is secnred to the gate, near its front end, betweena vertical bar, 1), and the lowest rail of the gate, the roller being vsnitably jonrnaled in that rail and in the said bar, as seen in thedrawings. The height of the lowest rail of the gate above the groundWill be determined by the length of the radins of the said roller:

B B are gatepcsts, set at the other side of the roadway in line with thegate-posts G respectively, but not oppositeto each other, the frontpost, B, being set beyond the post B a distance eqnal to the distanceapart of their planes from front t0 rear, said distances in each casebeing a little greater thanthe tl1ickness of the rails of the gate. Theposts B B are likewise connected to each other by pins, the upper one,0, of which passes throngh the angles of the posts, and the lower pin,G, is sustained upon brackets projecting from parallel sides of theposts, so that it liesin a direction at right angles to the gate when itis closed. This pin may be furnished with a'friction-rol- 1er, and Ihave shown one in this exampleof my invention, designated by the letterD. The pin 0 and roller D are set beneath the second rail of the gate,counting from below, and the adjnstment of the rollers F and D should besuch that the gate when closed and resting npon said roller shall be ina horizontal line.

Thc operation is as follows: The gate being closed it is necessary toraise the latch when it is to be opened, and a slight force will suffice10 withdraw it from the posts Gi and to open it nntil' its bar 0 cornesin contact With the post B. This will snffice for the passage of a manor a horse; but when it is necessary to throw itwide open it is swnngaronnd upon the pin 0, or on the brackets which snstain them, to a lineat right angles with its position when closed, as seen in Fig. 3.

Among the advantages of this construction are the economy and simplicityof its parts, the ease ivith which it is operaced, and the littleliability to which it is exposed of getting out of order.

It will be seen that the pins O O confine the gate between the posts BB, so that whether opened or closed it is always held npright betweensaid posts.

I claim as new and desire to secnre by Letters Patent- The combinationof the gate A, construCted as above set forth, and resting at one end ona roller, With posts B B set in relation to each other, as shown, andoperating as described.

WILLIAM TALLMAIT.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. RICHARDSON, Snvron MINGHROD.

